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Dan L. Bagatell Partner

Firmwide Chair, Federal Circuit Patent Appeals Practice

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Overview

Dan Bagatell's practice focuses on appeals in patent cases and other disputes involving complex technology. Dan chairs the firm’s Chambers-ranked Federal Circuit patent appellate practice and regularly briefs and argues cases in appellate courts around the country. Dan also writes and edits critical trial-court papers such as Markman briefs, summary judgment motions, preliminary injunction motions, and post-trial briefs. Clients often enlist Dan to work on special projects such as amicus briefs, case analyses, and white papers. Dan is a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers and is ranked Band 1 in the Chambers USA Nationwide Intellectual Property: Appellate rankings.

Ranked by Chambers USA 2023

Intellectual Property: Appellate

Professional Recognition

  • Listed in Chambers USA “America’s Leading Lawyers” for Intellectual Property: Appellate, 2023
  • Elected as a Fellow of the American Academy of Appellate Lawyers
  • Ranked Band 1 by Chambers USA in Nationwide Intellectual Property: Appellate, 2023
  • Recommended in Intellectual Asset Management Patent 1000: The World’s Leading Patent Professionals, 2021-2023; Federal Circuit, 2023
  • Listed in Benchmark Litigation’s Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys as a Local Litigation Star in Appellate Litigation
  • Listed in Benchmark Appellate's Guide to America’s Leading Litigation Firms and Attorneys as an Appellate Litigation Star for the 9th Circuit
  • Peer Review Rated AV in Martindale-Hubbell  
    (AV®, BV® and CV® are registered certification marks of Reed Elsevier Properties Inc., used in accordance with the Martindale-Hubbell certification procedures, standards and policies.)

Professional Leadership

  • American Bar Association
  • Federal Circuit Bar Association

Related Employment

  • Arizona State University. Sandra Day O'Connor College of Law, Faculty Adjunct, Fall 1998 and Spring 2000 (taught advanced legal writing and civil motion practice)
  • Office of the Solicitor General, U.S. Department of Justice, Law Clerk, 1992-1993

Clerkships

  • Hon. Edward Becker, U.S. Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit, 1991 - 1992

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Bar and Court Admissions

  • District of Columbia
  • California
  • New Hampshire
  • U.S. Supreme Court
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Federal Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the First Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Fifth Circuit
  • U.S. Court of Appeals for the Ninth Circuit

Education

  • Stanford Law School, J.D., with distinction, Order of the Coif, 1991, Article Editor, Stanford Law Review
  • Yale University, B.A., Economics, summa cum laude, Phi Beta Kappa, 1986